Andrew McCumber: Bad Nature Anne Serre Conquest of the Useless is

Conquest of the Useless is the diary Herzog kept during the making of Fitzcarraldo

2008Photographic print on paper40 × 50 cmEdition of 60

before it was cut short by the death of Ford from HIV/AIDS related causes

Jörg Schlick

this urgency runs through a striking exploration of the bonds between women

Andrew McCumber: Bad Nature Anne Serre Conquest of the Useless isUniversity of Chicago Press, 2025, softcover, 233 pages, 13. 9 x 21. 6 cm Apart from the occasional pet owner who has rats, most people regard rats as disease carrying nocturnal pests, scurrying around dumpsters and dragging slices of pizza through New York City subways. Since rats are seemingly omnipresent in human life, why do we harbor such negative feelings about them, and why are they among the creatures most frequently targeted for systematic